Authors Teenagers

  • Patrick Gallagher

    Patrick Gallagher

    Transcendent, the action-packed debut by Patrick Gallagher, explores the climate crisis against a backdrop of Uganda and London, and with a surprising twist that you won't see coming! Patrick is a primary school teacher from South London with roots in Goa in India and D...

  • Jennifer Bell

    Jennifer Bell

    Find out what inspired Jennifer Bell's wondrous new series, Magicalia: Race of Wonders!  Londoner Jennifer Bell worked as a children's bookseller at a world-famous bookshop before becoming an author. Her debut series, The Uncommoners, was an international bestseller and has been transla...

  • Helen Comerford

    Helen Comerford

    Helen Comerford is a Black mixed-race British debut author and is passionate about Black British and mixed heritage representation. She centres her diverse cast of characters in narratives they have historically been excluded from and celebrates their joys, strengths and every...

  • Ross Montgomery

    Ross Montgomery

    Author Ross Montgomery tells ReadingZone about his new book, I Am Rebel, about a dog's quest to save the boy who rescued him. Ross started writing stories as a teenager, when he should have been doing homework... His debut novel, Alex, the Dog and the Unopenable Door, w...

  • Manon Steffan Ros

    Manon Steffan Ros

    Carnegie-winning author Manon Steffan Ros tells ReadingZone about her new novel, Me and Aaron Ramsey. Manon was born in Snowdonia and worked as an actress before becoming a writer. She writes for adults and children and has won the Wales Book of the Year for her adult fiction as well as...

  • Alastair Chisholm

    Alastair Chisholm

    Alastair Chisholm's new science fiction novel I Am Wolf (Nosy Crow) is the first in an exciting new trilogy! When Alastair Chisholm was a kid, he wanted to be a computer programmer, an author, and an astronaut. So far he's achi...

  • Ben Martynoga & Moose Allain

    Ben Martynoga & Moose Allain

    Ben Martynoga is a neuroscientist and science writer. Aftera decade at the forefront of brain research, he swapped his white coat for a pen and has written on everything from the history of biology through to the latest technological innovations. Ben lives, works and wanders i...

  • Catherine Bruton

    Catherine Bruton

    Catherine Bruton, author of No Ballet Shoes in Syria, introduces her new book, Bird Boy. Catherine studied English at Oxford University and now juggles life as a teacher, children's author and mum.  As an English teacher she sees first hand the impact stories can have o...